List of European under-23 records in athletics

European U23 records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the European Athletics Association. Athletics records comprise the best performance of an athlete before the year of their 23rd birthday. Technically, in all under-23 age divisions, the age is calculated "on December 31 of the year of competition" to avoid age group switching during a competitive season.

Outdoor

      Pending ratification       Best unratified mark

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	9.92 (+2.0 m/s)	Christophe Lemaitre	France	29 July 2011		Albi, France	21 years, 48 days
200 m	19.80 (+0.8 m/s)	Christophe Lemaitre	France	2 September 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	21 years, 83 days
400 m	44.33	Thomas Schönlebe	East Germany	3 September 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	22 years, 28 days
800 m	1:42.47	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	24 August 2001	Memorial van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	20 years, 134 days
1500 m	3:30.88	Rui Silva	Portugal	11 August 1999	Weltklasse	Zürich, Switzerland	22 years, 8 days
	3:30.87	Reyes Estévez	Spain	12 August 1998	Weltklasse	Zürich, Switzerland	22 years, 10 days
Mile	3:50.91	Rui Silva	Portugal	7 July 1999	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy	21 years, 338 days
	3:49.86	Homiyu Tesfaye	Germany	11 June 2014	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	20 years, 353 days	[1]
3000 m	7:37.50	Mourad Amdouni	France	17 July 2009	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France	21 years, 177 days
5000 m	13:00.31	Ali Kaya	Turkey	4 June 2015	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy	21 years, 45 days	[2]
10000 m	27:24.09	Ali Kaya	Turkey	2 May 2015	Turkish Championships	Mersin, Turkey	21 years, 12 days	[3]
Half marathon	1:01:21	Ali Kaya	Turkey	4 January 2015	Adana Half Marathon	Adana, Turkey	20 years, 259 days	[4]
	1:01:03	Vincenzo Modica	Italy	3 April 1993		Milan, Italy	22 years, 32 days
Marathon	2:10:47	Henrik Jørgensen	Denmark	17 April 1983		London, United Kingdom	21 years, 189 days
110 m hurdles	12.97 (+1.0 m/s)	Ladji Doucouré	France	15 July 2005		Angers, France	22 years, 109 days
400 m hurdles	47.85	Harald Schmid	West Germany	4 August 1979		Turin, Italy	21 years, 309 days
3000 m steeplechase	8:10.83	Günther Weidlinger	Austria	21 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	21 years, 138 days
	8:10.36	Frank Baumgartl	East Germany	28 July 1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	21 years, 60 days
High jump	2.42 m	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	30 June 1987	DN Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	22 years, 176 days
Pole vault	6.00 m	Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union	13 July 1985		Paris, France	21 years, 221 days
Long jump	8.86 m (+1.9 m/s)	Robert Emmiyan	Soviet Union	22 May 1987		Tsakhkadzor, Soviet Union	22 years, 95 days
Triple jump	17.98 m (+1.2 m/s)	Teddy Tamgho	France	12 June 2010		New York City, United States	20 years, 362 days
Shot put	21.86 m	David Storl	Germany	3 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	22 years, 7 days	[5]
Discus throw	68.60 m	Wolfgang Schmidt	East Germany	21 May 1976		Cologne, West Germany	22 years, 126 days
Hammer throw	81.70 m	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	Finland	16 June 2002	Eliittikisat	Lahti, Finland	22 years, 101 days
	83.54 m	Igor Nikulin	Soviet Union	2 September 1982		Athens, Greece	22 years, 19 days
Javelin throw	89.58 m	Steve Backley	United Kingdom	2 July 1990	DN Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	21 years, 140 days
Decathlon	8617 pts	Andrei Krauchanka	Belarus	27 May 2007	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	21 years, 143 days
	10.86 (+0.2 m/s) (100 m), 7.90 m (+0.9 m/s) (long jump), 13.89 m (shot put), 2.15 m (high jump), 47.46 (400 m) / 14.05 (−0.1 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 39.63 m (discus), 5.00 m (pole vault), 64.35 m (javelin), 4:29.10 (1500 m)
	8706 pts	Frank Busemann	Germany	1 August 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	21 years, 157 days
	10.60 (+0.7 m/s) (100 m), 8.07 m (+0.8 m/s) (long jump), 13.60 m (shot put), 2.04 m (high jump), 48.34 (400 m) / 13.47 (+0.3 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 45.04 m (discus), 4.80 m (pole vault), 66.86 m (javelin), 4:31.41 (1500 m)
20 km walk (road)	1:17:16	Vladimir Kanaykin	Russia	29 September 2007	IAAF Race Walking Challenge	Saransk, Russia	22 years, 192 days
	1:16:43#	Sergey Morozov	Russia	8 June 2008	Russian Championships	Saransk, Russia	20 years, 79 days
50 km walk (road)	3:38:58	Mikhail Ryzhov	Russia	14 August 2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	21 years, 240 days	[6]
4×100 m relay	38.77	Deji Tobais Danny Talbot Dannish Walker-Khan Adam Gemili	Great Britain	14 July 2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland
4×400 m relay	3:02.13	Maksim Dyldin Denis Alekseyev Artem Sergeyenkov Anton Kokorin	Russia	15 July 2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	11.00 (−0.1 m/s)	Ivet Lalova	Bulgaria	22 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	20 years, 96 days
	10.77 (+0.7 m/s)	Ivet Lalova	Bulgaria	19 June 2004	European Cup First League	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	20 years, 32 days
200 m	21.71 (+0.7 m/s)	Marita Koch	East Germany	10 June 1979		Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	22 years, 112 days
	21.71 (+1.2 m/s)	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	29 June 1986		Jena, East Germany	21 years, 195 days
400 m	48.60	Marita Koch	East Germany	4 August 1979		Turin, Italy	22 years, 167 days
	48.25	Olga Vladykina	Soviet Union	6 October 1985	IAAF World Cup	Canberra, Australia	22 years, 98 days
800 m	1:58.15	Yekaterina Poistogova	Russia	4 July 2012	Russian Championships	Cheboksary, Russia	21 years, 125 days	[7]
	1:55.26	Sigrun Wodars	East Germany	31 August 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	21 years, 297 days
1500 m	3:56.05	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	17 July 2015	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco		[8]
3000 m	8:27.78	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	13 August 1997	Weltklasse	Zürich, Switzerland	21 years, 272 days
5000 m	14:24.68	Elvan Abeylegesse	Turkey	11 June 2004	Bislett Games	Bergen, Norway	21 years, 274 days
10000 m	31:44.86 X	Meryem Erdoğan	Turkey	28 July 2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	20 years, 95 days
	31:30.58	Yasemin Can	Turkey	1 May 2016	Turkish Championships	Mersin, Turkey	19 years, 142 days	[9]
	31:11.34	Kathrin Ullrich	East Germany	4 September 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	20 years, 21 days
Marathon	2:30:50	Uta Pippig	East Germany	20 June 1987		Leipzig, East Germany	21 years, 286 days
100 m hurdles	12.59 (−0.6 m/s)	Anneliese Ehrhardt	East Germany	8 September 1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	22 years, 82 days
	12.44 (+1.0 m/s)	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	7 August 1982		Sofia, Bulgaria	20 years, 313 days
400 m hurdles	53.58	Margarita Ponomaryova	Soviet Union	22 June 1984		Kiev, Soviet Union	21 years, 3 days
	53.18	Tatyana Ledovskaya	Soviet Union	28 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	22 years, 130 days
3000 m steeplechase	9:24.78	Lyubov Ivanova	Russia	10 August 2003	Russian Championships	Tula, Russia	22 years, 161 days
	9:23.52	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany	6 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	20 years, 3 days	[10]
High jump	2.09 m	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	30 August 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	22 years, 158 days
Pole vault	4.92 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	3 September 2004	Memorial van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	22 years, 92 days
Long jump	7.45 m (+0.9 m/s)	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	21 June 1986		Tallinn, Soviet Union	21 years, 187 days
Triple jump	14.79 m (−0.7 m/s)	Anna Pyatykh	Russia	21 June 2003	European Cup Super League	Florence, Italy	22 years, 78 days
Shot put	22.53 m	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	27 May 1984		Sochi, Soviet Union	21 years, 316 days
Discus throw	73.36 m	Irina Meszynski	East Germany	17 August 1984		Prague, Czechoslovakia	22 years, 146 days
	74.56 m	Ilke Wyludda	East Germany	23 July 1989		Neubrandenburg, East Germany	20 years, 117 days
Hammer throw	77.06 m	Tatyana Lysenko	Russia	15 July 2005	Vladimir Kuts Memorial	Moscow, Russia	21 years, 279 days
Javelin throw	70.78 m	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	21 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	22 years, 219 days
Heptathlon	7001 pts	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	24 August 2003	World Championships	Saint-Denis, France	20 years, 203 days
	13.18 (−0.4 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.94 m (high jump), 14.19 m (shot put), 22.98 (+1.1 m/s) (200 m) / 6.68 m (+1.0 m/s) (long jump), 49.90 m (javelin), 2:12.12 (800 m)
20 km walk (road)	1:25:02	Elena Lashmanova	Russia	11 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	20 years, 124 days
4x100 m relay	42.09	Christina Lathan Romy Müller Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	East Germany	4 August 1979		Turin, Italy
4x400 m relay	3:26.58	Olga Shulikova Kseniya Zadorina Yelena Novikova Lyudmila Litvinova	Russia	15 July 2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	(60 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump) / (60 m hurdles), (pole vault), (1000 m)
5000 m walk
4x400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	(60 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (long jump), (800 m)
3000 m walk
4x400 m relay

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